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Territorial Army Nursing Service Cape Medallion
Royal College of Nursing
Territorial Army Nursing Service Cape Medallion
Territorial Army Nursing Service Cape Medallion

Royal College of Nursing

founded in 1916
About Mefounded as the College of Nursing in 1916, incorporated by royal charter in 1928 and given the title "royal" in 1939. Granted a coat of arms in 1946.

Membership extended to men in 1960, to student nurses in 1968 and enrolled and pupil nurses in 1970.

Amalgamated with National Council of Nurses of Great Britain and northern Ireland in 1963 to become the Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses of the United Kingdom - Britain's offical representative on the International council of Nurses. Name abbreviated to the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom in 1975.
Nurse's Certificate from Aberdeen Poor-House Hospital
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1889 - 1980
Matron Marget Husband
Struthers, Cupar, Scotland, 1887 - 1986
Doll Dressed As A Principal Nursing Officer (PNO)
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1929
Jane Forbes
1873 - 1961
Velvet Half Hat
Italy, died 1950
Photographic Portrait Of Frost Pasha
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1838 - 1902
Jean McGregor Watt
Stuartfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1893 - 1978
Stillpoint by Gwen Hardie
Fife, Scotland, born 1962
Raban Plaque St Nicholas Kirk
Worcestershire, England, 1579 - 1658
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1850 - 1942
George Jamesone
Aberdeen, Scotland, c.1589 - 1644
Gwynneth Holt
Wednesbury, England, 1909 - 1995
The Stone Trades Journal: Volume LXIV, September-October 1941 (No. 9-10)
Granite mason
Hanni Sanders
Munich, 1923 - 1999
R D Lawrence
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1892 - 1968
Sandy Dunbar
London, England, 1929 - 2012